Waiting for the Spark
What could start a popular resurgence in this country against the abuses of concentrated, avaricious corporatism? Imagine the arrogance of passing on to already cheated working people and the jobless enormous corporate losses? This is achieved through government bailouts and tax escapes.
In The Public Interest
Saint John’s nurses petition to hold union election
SAINT JOHN'S — Nurses at Saint John's Health Center have formally petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election, a step organizers say is a decade in the making.
Santa Monica Daily Press
University of Chicago Medical Center nurses vote to authorize strike
CHICAGO — Union nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center have voted to authorize a strike, but an interim contract will keep them on the job until at least the end of June.
Daily Reporter
Nurses poised to strike at UC Medical Center
CHICAGO—Unionized nurses have voted to authorize a strike against the University of Chicago Medical Center.
WGN Chicago
Sutter Roseville, Auburn Faith RNs Approve New Contract
Registered nurses at Sutter Health hospitals in Roseville and Auburn have overwhelmingly voted to ratify new three year agreements that provide for important gains in patient protections, and compensation, while protecting the nurses’ health coverage and retirement security, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
Press Release
Apr 15, 2011
Insurance commissioner joins lawsuit alleging fraudulent billing by Sutter Health
Sutter Health hospitals routinely charged insurers for anesthesia services that were never performed, bogus bills that potentially ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars, the state's insurance commissioner alleged Wednesday in joining a lawsuit against the Sacramento-based health network.
Sacramento Bee
MSNA Nurses Vote to Authorize Second Strike – EMMC Still Not Committed to Patient Safety
Bangor, ME – Registered nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center voted Tuesday night to authorize a second strike if management continues to ignore patient safety issues at the Medical Center.
Press Release
Apr 13, 2011
RNs at Saint John’s in Santa Monica File to Join CNA, Seek Safer Staffing, Improved Standards
Registered nurses at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica have petitioned the federal labor board for an election to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
Press Release
Apr 12, 2011
Nurses to President Obama: Don’t Cut Healthcare, Retirement; Raise Corporate Taxes, End Wars
In advance of President Obama’s speech Wednesday on the budget deficit, the nation’s largest union and professional association of nurses today called on the President to oppose any cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security – and strengthen the nation’s economy by restoring fair taxes on corporations and the super-rich, ending the wars, and creating good paying jobs.
Press Release
Apr 11, 2011
Nurses to Present Community Protest Petition Tonight
Palomar Pomerado Health District registered nurses will present a community protest petition to the PPH Healthcare District Board of Trustees tonight with a petition signed by hundreds of area residents sharply criticizing priorities by the hospital district that have undermined public trust in the district, eroded safety, and exposed the district to public ridicule.
Press Release
Apr 11, 2011